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8.9

ask the wine guy for something unusual, something off the beaten path and he recommends this delicious dry 100% Palomino w/some bottle age: definitely a food wine, light greenish straw color w/fairly austere nose full of minerals, lanolin, herbaceous musk, white flowers (jasmine), ginger & some spices. on palate it is rigid & angular, zesty acidity, some citrus but mostly minerals & herbs, quinine, screams for briny foods - we had this w/deli section fare & salad. — 8 months ago

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9.4

The 2020 Gattinara is elegant and lifted. Crushed red berry fruit, cinnamon and orange peel grace this ethereal, nuanced Gattinara. Bright saline notes and sweet red-toned fruit build into the long, persistent finish. Understated and silky, the 2020 is exquisite. All this needs is a few years to soften. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2024)
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Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

8.9

Los Pilares San Diego County Red Blend 2013: Fresh. Natural. Extraordinary. Consisting of 50% Grenache & 50% Carignan, this was a light-bodied, extremely unique wine. Red fruits (cranberry & cherry). Plum. Earth. Short finish. For me, the wine was a bit thin on structure but very clean & natural tasting. This was my first San Diego County wine and it left me quite intrigued & impressed. Hoping to explore other San Diego wines in the near future. Cheers🍷 — 5 years ago

Will Bean

9.1

Beautiful, elegant wine. Still full of life, great acidity, and great bouquet. — 6 years ago

with Jack

Steve Haro

9.5

Lots of spice, lots of earth, morel mushroom and cherry and chocolate. This is a great wine. — 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

Gorgeous aromatics of violets and cherry tobacco. An ethereal polished wine with palpable richness and purity. — 10 years ago

David P

9.4

Monforte d'Alba delivered well with this vintage. Still strong after 15 years. — 11 years ago

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.0

Saline, stone fruit, and a little feral Mourvedre edge. Not necessarily a patio pounder, but blossoms with food. Roast chicken anyone? #sandiego #kogodwinemerchant #letstaste10roses — 11 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

10

One of the Best IPA's on the Planet gets brewed with Grapefruit Juice, and is Freakin Awesome, Outstanding, Southern CA offering only at this time, so hard to find if you are not here in Southern CA, This takes Sculpin and brings in up a notch or 2, So Great!!' — 11 years ago

Peter Plaehn

9.7

Quite possibly the most elegant wine I've tasted to date. — 12 years ago

with Eric

Henry Luiker

9.3

The oldest wines appearing on the menu at Villa Baccaris, montforte’ alba are 2000. Beautifully smooth, still complex but are all great old wines in good condition more alike than different? 390 euros. — 9 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

This was suprisingly good. Cherries, menthol and mouth drying tannins. Nicely balanced and already drinking well. Went excellently with truffel tagliatelle — 2 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Really good. Fresh and fruity. Easy to drink. — 3 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

A nose of roses, tobacco leafs,star anise, liquorice, some red fruit too and we find these expressive aromas and flavors on the well balanced palate as well, the tannins have a nice texture, some grip but with some silk also, and a very “Nebbiolo like” finish with a slight touch of dryness. Not the most complex and a wine to enjoy with a meal. 91 pts

Nez de roses, tabac, réglisse noire, anis étoilée, du fruit rouge qui se retrouve en bouche aussi, belle acidité avec des tannins assez polis mais une finale très Nebbiolo avec une pointe d’assèchement un peu “noble”. Certes pas le plus complexe et définitivement meilleur à table. 91 pts. — 5 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Surprisingly, I kinda liked this despite my aversion to overly-hopped beers. The nose is a straight up hop-bomb - floral, citrusy, piney. The palate's also full-on, with heaps of hoppy bitterness, but balanced by malty sweetness and tropical fruit notes (passionfruit and mango for me). Finishes crisp and earthy. Not bad, but not my kind of beer (not an IPA fan basically). — 7 years ago

Mikey David

9.3

Love it. Super aromatic and tropical on the nose. Peaches, mango, and apricots. But none of that fruit comes through on the palate. More grapefruit, super minerally, lots of sediment and funk. Bone dry. — 10 years ago

Olivia Pires

9.3

Easy to drink. Had at Juniper and Ivy. — 10 years ago

Hanif Perry

9.2

Nice fruit. Strawberries and very light tannins and acidity. Round and long finish. — 11 years ago

with Shafiq

Max Coane

8.9

Barolo still confounds me. Haven't found my ah ha moment yet. Constantly searching — 11 years ago

Michael Smith

9.4

Great balance and when fresh bursting with "west coast" hop flavor. — 12 years ago

Hadley Lyman

9.1

Just a party in a bottle — 2 years ago

Steven Beishuizen

9.2

On the nose, this is bright blackberry, raspberry, and foreboding char... On the palate, this becomes all cranberry to me... Concentrated... Juicy... Acidic... Refreshing... Leather... Tannins are just carpet-level... Bright all the way theough a long finish... Cocoa? I love a great Barbera and I chose this wine as a pairing for a Carbonara pasta dish I was making... I thought this was an outstanding pairing nicely cutting through the oiliness of the dish, playing well with the egg, and honestly the length here made it a great sipper between tastes of the pasta. Loved it. — 2 years ago

John Davidson

9.1

Dammit I love this — 4 years ago

Sean Griffin

9.0

Earthy, smooth, black cherry, herbal. — 5 years ago

Jay Kim

9.4

Gia Trattoria w/ Jamie, Evan, Bill - June 4, 2020 — 6 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.6

Young but not a crime to drink now. Will be great. 10 on the nose, floral. — 9 years ago

Steven Wood

9.5

I hate Chardonnay and love this one, its got a lot of noise — 10 years ago

Mark Bilinski

9.0

Initial taste felt sweet but then turned very complex and almost spicy. Had a little bit of a burn in the after taste. Very enjoyable. — 10 years ago

Adam Nelson

9.4

Freaking amazing. Barolo, my happy place — 11 years ago

Mitchell Mulder

10

One of the all time best IPA's made in the world, Nelson Hops, perfect balance of hops and malt, Outstanding — 11 years ago